Description
In this episode of the Fluid Mechanics 101 Podcast, I discuss the challenges in tidal stream turbine design with Wouter Remmerie. Wouter Remmerie is a founder and owner of AirShaper. AirShaper is an online platform that allows you to carry out aerodynamics CFD simulations in the cloud, with no expert knowledge of CFD, aerodynamics or specific software.
Checkout the abbreviated podcast (with video clips and diagrams) here: https://youtu.be/c3VaPgTJh88
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Timetamps
0:00 Introduction
3:11 Aidan's CFD Background
4:48 Wind Rotors and Tidal Rotors
9:30 Aeroplane Tip Vortices
12:10 Rotor Tip Vortices
14:30 Turbine Farm Layout
17:40 Downstream spacing
21:21 Marine life growth
24:30 Rotor power and size
28:59 Tidal Sites around the World
34:41 Lateral Blockage
39:55 Spacing research (MeyGen)
41:45 Ducted Turbines
43:12 Support Structures
45:28 Cavitation
49:39 Outro
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Follow Wouter Remmerie on:
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YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/AirShaper
Web https://www.airshaper.com
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/AirShaper
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/airshaper
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More Information:
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Dr Aidan Wimshurst's Doctoral Thesis https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:a91acd6f-dc86-4cad-bf5e-b042e81840dc
Dr Aidan Wimshurst's Research on ResearchGate https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Aidan-Wimshurst
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